Detail of "needle" quilt showing the free-motion feathers and ruler work quilting.

Got the Point?

Got the Point? That’s what I’ve named my latest quilt. It was a fun one to make, and it’s now hanging in my sewing room, replacing a quilt that had hung there for over 20 years! It was time for a change, wouldn’t you agree? As you may be able […]

Triptych of embroidered/appliquéed pieces. Reading across them is "Home is where the Dog is", and the fabrics and threads are in shades of purples and teals.

I took a break …

… from my fun “needle” quilt today. I’d run across an embroidery design that I just loved, so I stitched it up before continuing the next step on my quilt. The design is from Janine Babich, the second one I’ve ever done of hers. The first one was a *long* […]

Part of a quilt representing colorful sewing machine needles. Quilting is some ruler work, pebbles, and feathers.

Texture

I’ve been taking a long time to get going on the quilting on my current small quilt. I did actually start, but then I didn’t like what I’d done, so I “unquilted” it and started over with the “pondering” phase. However, I’m coming down the home stretch now, and I […]

A range of colorful batik fabrics, ranging from pink to blue to purple and green. There is also some very pale blue for backgrounds.

Sew Speedy

Some time ago, I saw an adorable pattern  by Whole Circle Studio and have admired it ever since. However, a couple of weeks ago I was planning to attend an upcoming sewing day at “my” LQS, the day sponsored by our local guild, and I didn’t really have anything in […]

Small bag in lavender cork fabric and with a long strap.

Payday bag

I’ve made quite a few bags from patterns at Annie Unrein’s site, and this is my latest.  The strap adjusts to make the bag go from shoulder bag to cross-body bag to fanny pack — very useful! The pattern was introduced at the Houston quilt show, where I made sure […]

Split circles (red/white) are set into off-white and black background, the resulting blocks forming an on-point black square surrounded by large off-white triangles. Fabric is poppies and Paris-themed.

The curves are done!

I put the finishing touches on a quilt I’d been working on — or on and off! — for a couple of months. Of course, the holidays were in there, so I’ll blame the slow progress on that. 😉 This was something I made to practice a technique (Pieceliqué) I’d […]